Česlovas Gedgaudas, the Glossary
Česlovas Gedgaudas (also known as Chester Gegaudas, February 2, 1909 – July 19, 1986) was a Lithuanian diplomat, translator, polyglot, and amateur historian.[1]
Table of Contents
32 relations: Aleksandras Račkus, Balts, California, Chicago, Classical language, Comparative linguistics, Germanic peoples, Goths, Historian, Indo-European languages, Jurate Rosales, Kaunas, Kovno Governorate, Lithuanian nobility, Lithuanian Wars of Independence, Lithuanians, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania), Paris, Pseudohistory, Rome, Russian Empire, Sciences Po, Slavs, United States, University of Paris, Vandals, Vistula Veneti, Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, Zigmas Zinkevičius.
- Diplomats from Kaunas
- Lithuanian emigrants to France
- People from Kovensky Uyezd
Aleksandras Račkus
Aleksandras Mykolas Račkus (7 June 1893 – 9 October 1965) was a Lithuanian physician and an active member of the Lithuanian American community known for his numismatic and other collections.
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Balts
The Balts or Baltic peoples (baltai, balti) are a group of peoples inhabiting the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea who speak Baltic languages.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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Chicago
Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States.
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Classical language
A classical language is any language with an independent literary tradition and a large body of ancient written literature.
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Comparative linguistics
Comparative linguistics is a branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages to establish their historical relatedness.
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Germanic peoples
The Germanic peoples were tribal groups who once occupied Northwestern and Central Europe and Scandinavia during antiquity and into the early Middle Ages.
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Goths
The Goths (translit; Gothi, Gótthoi) were Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe.
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Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it.
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Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a language family native to the overwhelming majority of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and the northern Indian subcontinent.
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Jurate Rosales
Jūratė Regina Statkutė de Rosales (9 September 1929 – 4 September 2023) was a Lithuanian-born Venezuelan journalist and amateur historian. Česlovas Gedgaudas and Jurate Rosales are Pseudohistorians.
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Kaunas
Kaunas (previously known in English as Kovno, also see other names) is the second-largest city in Lithuania after Vilnius, the fourth largest city in the Baltic States and an important centre of Lithuanian economic, academic, and cultural life.
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Kovno Governorate
Kovno Governorate was an administrative-territorial unit (guberniya) of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Kovno (Kaunas).
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Lithuanian nobility
The Nobility of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania or the Szlachta of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (bajorija, šlėkta, szlachta Wielkiego Księstwa Litewskiego) was historically a legally privileged hereditary elite class in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth (including during period of foreign rule 1795–1918) consisting of Lithuanians from Lithuania Proper; Samogitians from Duchy of Samogitia; following Lithuania's eastward expansion into what is now Belarus, Ukraine and Russia, many ethnically Ruthenian noble families (boyars); and, later on, predominantly Baltic German families from the Duchy of Livonia and Inflanty Voivodeship.
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Lithuanian Wars of Independence
The Lithuanian Wars of Independence, also known as the Freedom Struggles (Laisvės kovos), refer to three wars Lithuania fought defending its independence at the end of World War I: with Bolshevik forces (December 1918 – August 1919), Bermontians (October 1919 – December 1919), and Poland (August 1920 – November 1920).
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Lithuanians
Lithuanians (lietuviai) are a Baltic ethnic group.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.
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Mexico City
Mexico City (Ciudad de México,; abbr.: CDMX; Central Nahuatl:,; Otomi) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous city in North America.
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Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (France)
The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (MEAE) is the ministry of the Government of France that handles France's foreign relations.
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Lithuania)
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania (Lietuvos Respublikos užsienio reikalų ministerija) is a governmental body of the Republic of Lithuania that shapes the national policy, and organises, coordinates, and controls its enforcement in the following areas: foreign affairs and security policy: international relations, economic security, foreign trade, protection of the rights and interests of the Republic of Lithuania and its persons and entities abroad; coordination of European Union membership; representing the Republic of Lithuania abroad diplomatic and consular relations, diplomatic service, Lithuanian national and diplomatic protocol, international relations; the policy of cooperation of the Republic of Lithuania; strengthening of expat connections with Lithuania.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city of France.
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Pseudohistory
Pseudohistory is a form of pseudoscholarship that attempts to distort or misrepresent the historical record, often by employing methods resembling those used in scholarly historical research.
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Rome
Rome (Italian and Roma) is the capital city of Italy.
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.
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Sciences Po
Sciences Po or Sciences Po Paris, also known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies (Institut d'études politiques de Paris), is a private and public research university located in Paris, France, that holds the status of grande école and the legal status of.
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Slavs
The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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University of Paris
The University of Paris (Université de Paris), known metonymically as the Sorbonne, was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution.
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Vandals
The Vandals were a Germanic people who first inhabited what is now southern Poland.
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Vistula Veneti
The Vistula Veneti, also called Baltic Veneti or Venedi, were an Indo-European people that inhabited the lands of central Europe east of the Vistula River and the Bay of Gdańsk.
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Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija
The Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija or VLE is a 25-volume universal Lithuanian-language encyclopedia published by the Science and Encyclopaedia Publishing Institute from 2001 to 2014.
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Zigmas Zinkevičius
Zigmas Zinkevičius (4 January 1925 – 20 February 2018) was a Lithuanian academician, Baltist, linguist, linguistic historian, dialectologist, politician, and the former Minister of Education and Science of Lithuania (1996–1998).
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See also
Diplomats from Kaunas
- Edminas Bagdonas
- Lazare Kopelmanas
- Moshe Arens
- Theodore Rothstein
- Viktor Sukhodrev
- Česlovas Gedgaudas
Lithuanian emigrants to France
- Algirdas Julien Greimas
- Arbit Blatas
- Edvardas Turauskas
- Emmanuel Levinas
- GiedRé
- Izis Bidermanas
- Jacques Mering
- Jacques Sernas
- Jurgis Baltrušaitis (art historian)
- Jurgis Savickis
- Kiprijonas Nezabitauskis
- Lazare Kopelmanas
- Ona Šimaitė
- Sonia Gaskell
- Vytautas Kasiulis
- Česlovas Gedgaudas
People from Kovensky Uyezd
- Al Jolson
- Aleksandr Finn-Enotaevsky
- Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz
- Czesław Miłosz
- Grigory Gershuni
- Isaac Rabinowitz
- Jesse De Vorska
- Leon Bramson
- Leyb Gorfinkel
- Maksas Soloveičikas
- Morris Winchevsky
- Motiejus Šumauskas
- Nicholas Yarushevich
- Petras Cvirka
- Shira Gorshman
- Solomon Silberstein
- Theodore Rothstein
- Česlovas Gedgaudas
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Česlovas_Gedgaudas
Also known as Ceslovas Gedgaudas, Czeslovas Gedgaudas.